Staff at Tararua District Council take pride in selling our district to the world, but last Friday it was about promoting and informing its own district councillors and community board members at an in-house trade expo.
Organised by district marketer and communications manager Lianne Simpkin and her team, the day was a chance for one-on-one interaction and hands-on learning, rather than a traditional PowerPoint presentation.
"The value of that old-fashioned frontline communication can't be beaten," Mrs Simpkin told the Dannevirke News.
"Normally it's death by PowerPoint, but our first trade expo has developed a whole new awareness of all departments within council, including the Alliance."
Tararua District councillors and Eketahuna and Dannevirke Community Board members had 20 minutes at each site during the trade expo which ran from 10am to 2.30pm.